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| Address: 3a, Ulitsa Mayakovskogo, St. Petersburg, 191025 |  |
| Nearest metro: Mayakovskaya |
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Standing on a leafy side street just off Nevsky Prospekt, the Novotel Centre is in the very center of St. Petersburg, and has excellent transport links. The city's major tourist attractions are mostly located further down Nevsky Prospekt, about 20 minutes' walk from the hotel, but the Novotel has excellent access to some of the city's best shops and restaurants, and has superb views over the historical city from the higher storeys.
Moscow Station is a mere five minutes' drive away, making the Novotel ideal for those coming from Moscow on business. Other mainline stations can all be reached in under 30 minutes' drive. Pulkovo-1 and Pulkovo-2 Airports are about three-quarters-of-an-hour's drive from the Novotel. The nearest metro station, Mayakovskaya, is a short walk across Nevsky Prospekt from the hotel.
Only five minutes' walk from the Novotel, the Anchikov Bridge marks the point where Nevsky Prospekt crosses the Fontanka River. Famous for its four bronze equestrian statues, sculpted in the 1840s by Pyotr Klodt, the bridge is one of the most oft-photographed structures in the city. The bridge is flanked by palaces, of which the most striking is undoubtedly the Rococo Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace, which dates from the mid-nineteenth century, and now houses the city's Tourist Information Office.
Further down Nevsky Prospekt, the Aleksandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg's most famous dramatic theatre, has been working since the mid-eighteenth century. The theatre's fine building was designed by famous local architect Carlo Rossi, and witnessed the premieres of Gogol's Government Inspector, and Chekhov's The Seagull.
Not far from the Aleksandrinsky Theater, the Gostiny Dvor shopping arcade was built in the eighteenth century as the central trading post of St. Petersburg. It now contains some of the smartest outlets in the city, as well as a number of cafes and souvenir boutiques dotted around its vast interior.
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